Kassorin S

Entry Kassorin S
Uniprot code E6ZBE2
Fasta E6ZBE2
Peptide names Kassorin S Kassorin-S
Suborder Neobatrachia
Family Hyperoliidae
Genus Kassina
Species Kassina senegalensis
Ecozone Afrotropic
Distribution Savanna region of tropical Africa from Senegal, southern Mali, and Niger to northern Cameroon, Uganda, Eritrea, western Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya, thence south to Namibia, Lesotho, and Transvaal and KwaZulu-Natal, Rep. South Africa
Antimicrobial & other activities antibacterial
Tissue Skin
Sequence MLTLKKSMLLLFFLGMVSLSLANSKRADEEGEDKRADEEGEDKRADEEGEDKRADEEGEE
KRKRFLGGILNTITGLLG
Length 78
Signal peptide class Class-1
References:
1. for MIC/HC50 H. Chen et al. / Molecular Immunology 48 (2011) 442-451. Kassorins: Novel innate immune system peptides from skin secretions of the African hyperoliid frogs, Kassina maculata and Kassina senegalensis


Segment type Name Length Amidated Sequence HC50 (μM) MIC E. coli (μM) MIC S. aureus (μM)
Signal   22   MLTLKKSMLLLFFLGMVSLSLA    
Prepro42 NSKRADEEGEDKRADEEGEDKRADEEGEDKRADEEGEEKRKR   
BioactiveKassorin S13YesFLGGILNTITGLL  30